Poetry Vocabulary
Types of Poems
Commonly Confused Words
Figurative Language
Morphological Analysis
100

This is a pair of two lines that rhyme. 

What is a couplet?

100

This poem originated in Japan, has three lines, and is traditionally about nature. 

What is haiku?

100

I can't believe that you have never _________ Boy Meets World!

What is seen?

100

Ms. Huffman hardly hesitates to hope for homework. 

What is alliteration?

100

This word part means to build. 

What is stru/struct?

200

This is a stanza or poem that contains four lines.

What is a quatrain?

200

This poem has no set rules. 

What is free verse?

200

Helen Keller was born without __________ or hearing.

What is sight?

200

Every morning, my alarm clock screams at me. 

What is personification?

200

This word part means to break or burst. 

What is rupt?

300

This is the repetition of the same vowel sounds among words. 

What is assonance?

300

This poem contains fourteen lines and each line has ten syllables. 

What is a sonnet?

300

I have ___________ space in my car than I had in my SUV.

What is less?

300

If you don't want to get caught, just act naturally.

What is an oxymoron?

300

What are two words that use the word part onym/ono?

What is synonym, anonymous, antonym, oronym, etc?

400

This is a paragraph of poetry.

What is a stanza?

400

This poem has a setting, plot, and characters. 

What is narrative?

400

Matt never ___________ the ball to Kyle during the game.

What is passed?

400

Tom's eyes were ice when he discovered that Titus had betrayed him. 

What is a metaphor?

400

What are two words that use the word part terr/geo?

What is geography, terrarium, geode, etc.?

500

This is the repetition of consonant sounds among words. 

What is consonance? 

500

This poem expresses the thoughts and feelings of the writer. 

What is lyric?

500

When researching, it is important to visit credible web__________.

What is sites?

500

During the hurricane, it was raining cats and dogs!

What is an idiom?

500

You should use this form tion/sion/cian if you want to turn the word imagine into a noun. 

What is "tion"? imagination